Half Angel Half Eagle Lyrics - Jane Siberry

Someone's mother falls to the sidewalk 

On the next street someone looks up 

In the cathedral a burst of laughter 

In another city the pigeons fly up and scatter 

Someone puts down in a New York subway 

A newspaper picked up in Australia 

For each event the inarticulate glory 

The equal and opposite will tell the story 

Half angel, half eagle 

One eye on the world 

Half angel, half eagle 

One eye on the world 

Be ready 

Five intelligent minds 

Huddled in a fancy restaurant 

All that brain power bent on 

What shall I? What shall I? What shall I? 

What shall I? What shall I? What shall I? 

What shall I? What shall I? What shall I? 

What shall I? 

One lone car cruising the warehouse district 

One lone figure shuffling along the wall 

Two shadows leaning from the backseat window 

Someone's mother is about to fall 

Fucking honky nigger Jew was pjapdago fag 

Fucking homeless preacher Dyke cabbie fucking unions cab 

Get out go back a storm is coming 

A shudder in the color of the warehouse wall 

Half angel, half eagle 

One eye on the world 

Half angel, half eagle 

One eye on the world 

Be ready 

Have a good time but don't relax 

Have a good time but be on guard 

You don't need that much not that much 

Get the wings up ready to go 

Get the wings up ready to go 

What shall I? What shall I? 

What shall I? What shall I? 

Get the wings up ready to go 

A shudder in the color of the warehouse wall